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Integration of Bioagent and Bioproduct for the Management of
Root-Knot Nematode, Meloidogyne Incognita on Eggplant
Huma Abbas1* Nazir Javed1 Sajid Aleem Khan1 Imran ul Haq1 Muhammad Asif Ali2 Asma Safdar3
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Department of Plant Pathology, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan
2. Institute of Horticultural Sciences, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan
3. Rice Research Institute, Kala Shah Kaku, Pakistan
*E-mail of the corresponding author: huma_1633@yahoo.com
Abstract:
Efficacy of bioagent (Paecilomyces lilacinus) and the bioproduct (Radiant) in various combinations was
assessed on the reproduction of Meloidogyne incognita on eggplant. The influence of P. lilacinus and
Radiant was determined on egg hatching and second stage juvenile (J2) mortality under in vitro conditions.
The concentrations of 1% and 100% of Radiant and P. lilacinus respectively both alone and in combined
application caused significant mortality and reduction in egg hatching at all time intervals. The interaction
of P. lilacinus and Radiant was determined individually, concomitantly, and sequentially on reproduction
of M. incognita on eggplant under greenhouse. The reproduction of M. incognita was significantly reduced
in the concomitant treatment consisting of both P. lilacinus and Radiant followed by sequential and
individual treatment of Radiant and the plant growth parameters incresed significantly. Our findings
suggest that P. lilacinus and Radiant have the ability to regulate nematode population and may serve as
nematicides.
Keywords: P. lilacinus, Radiant, Egg hatching, Mortality, Concomitant, Sequential
1. Introduction
Eggplant (Solanum melongena L.) is an important cheap summer vegetable with medicinal properties as
well as containing water, protein and vitamin A (Tindall 1978). In Pakistan, it is cultivated on an area of
8673 ha having annual production of 88148 tonnes (FAO 2009). The average harvested yield is very low
due to various pests such as insects, fungi, bacteria, viruses and nematodes. In Pakistan, root-knot
nematode, M. incognita caused severe damage to eggplant and other vegetables and their host range include
more than 3000 plant species (Anwar et al. 2009). High temperature is suitable for endurance and
reproduction of nematodes. Among the root knot nematodes, M. incognita and M. javanica are of wide
spread and economically most important (Anwar & McKenry 2010).
Nematode control is far more complex than any other kind of pathogens because nematodes mainly attack
under ground parts of plants (Sikora & Fernandez 2005). A range of management strategies studied,
including crop rotation, soil amendments and nematicides that could be collectively used to enhance the
activity of naturally occurring biological control methods (Sikora 1992). Even though chemical nematicides
have a great promise for the control of nematodes but restricted due to health hazards involved. Different
practices are used in the integrated pest management (IPM) but the biological control would be the most
enviable. Culture filtrates from various fungi such as species of Paecilomyces, Verticillium, Fusarium,
Aspergillus, Trichoderma, Myrothecium and Penicillium were tested against juvenile mortality and on egg
inhibition of nematodes. These filtrates proved to be toxic due to the release of antibiotics or enzymes
(Dorcas et al. 2010). The potential of B. thuringiensis var. Berliner, Saccharopolyspora spinosa, Fusarium
spp. and Trichoderma spp. against G. rostochiensis on potato was evaluated. The plant growth and yield
was improved by all the treatments. Significant inhibitory effect was caused by bioagents on the
reproduction of the nematode (Trifonova 2010).
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Keeping in view the importance of biological control of root knot nematodes, it was planned to manage M.
incognita by the interaction of P. lilacinus and Radiant. The objective of the present study was to assess the
effectiveness of P. lilacinus and the Radiant (active ingredient; Spinetoram; 11.7%) for the management of
M. incognita on eggplant. Radiant was not yet used for the management of root-knot nematode and it was
also integrated for the first time with P. lilacinus for the control of M. incognita.
2. Materials and Methods
2.1 Nematode inoculum
Seeds of tomato cv. Money maker were planted in soil sterilized with formalin. Transplanting of seedlings
was done after three weeks in earthen pots. Seedlings were inoculated with 5000 J2s per pot by making
holes around the plant rhizosphere.
2.2 Fungal inoculum
Pure culture of Paecilomyces lilacinus was obtained from the culture collection of Arid Agriculture
University, Rawalpindi. One week old cultures of bioagent maintained on PDA slants at 28 ± 1 were used
for the present study. Culture filtrates of P. lilacinus were obtained by growing one week old culture of P.
lilacinus on Potato Dextrose Broth (in 250 ml flasks containing 100 ml broth media). Flasks were
autoclaved at 121 OC and 15 psi for 15 minutes. Each flask was inoculated with three scoops of 5mm
diameter from pure culture containing petri dishes and incubated at 25OC for 15 days. After incubation the
cultures were filtered through Whatman filter paper No.1 to remove the mycelial mats. These filtrates thus
obtained were considered as standard (100% concentration).
2.3 Influence of P. lilacinus and Radiant on juvenile mortality and egg hatching of M. incognita
Radiant (Spinetoram; 11.7%) was obtained from the local market to check its efficacy against M. incognita.
Different concentrations viz. 1%, 0.75%, 0.50% and 0.25% were prepared by adding requisite amount of
sterilized distilled water. Different concentrations of culture filtrates of P. lilacinus viz. 75%, 50% and 25%
were prepared from standard (100% concentration) by adding requisite amount of sterilized distilled water.
The population of M. incognita maintained on the roots of tomato cv. Money maker in the glass house of
Department of Plant Pathology, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad was used. Eggs were isolated from
egg masses and nematodes were extracted (Hussey & Barker 1973). The effect of different concentrations
of Radiant and culture filtrates of P. lilacinus were investigated on juvenile mortality and egg hatching of
M. incognita. Three ml of each concentration of Radiant and P. lilacinus were pipetted into Petri dishes.
Fifty freshly hatched Juveniles of M. incognita in 0.5ml distilled water were added to each Petri dish. Fifty
eggs of M. incognita were picked and placed into each dish and kept at 280C. Eggs and juveniles placed in
distilled water served as control. Each treatment was replicated five times. Data on juvenile mortality and
egg hatching was recorded after 24, 48, 72 hours.
2.4 Interaction of P. lilacinus and Radiant on reproduction of M. incognita on egg plant individually,
concomitantly and sequentially in green house
Three weeks old eggplant seedlings were transplanted into 20 cm diameter earthen pots containing formalin
sterilized soil. Concentrations 1% and 100% of Radiant and P. lilacinus respectively were used because
these concentrations caused maximum juvenile mortality and reduction in egg hatching during in vitro
investigation. There were six treatments and five replications for each treatment.
2.4.1 Treatments (T)
T1 =P. lilacinus, T2 = Radiant, T3 = P. lilacinus + Radiant, T4 = P. lilacinus then Radiant, T5 =
Radiant then P. lilacinus, T6 =Check (Nematode).
Each pot received 20 ml of 100% concentration of P. lilacinus containing 1x 107 spores/ml and 20 ml of
1% concentration of Radiant except check plants according to the treatment scheme individually,
concomitantly and sequentially. A period of one week was followed in the sequential treatments. Freshly
hatched 1000 J2s of M. incognita per pot were used as inoculum by making 3-4 holes (3 cm deep) around
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each plant with the help of pointed wood. After inoculation pots were kept in greenhouse (25-300C) in
completely randomized design. Plants were allowed to grow for 60 days. The data was recorded on number
of galls, number of egg masses per root system by staining the roots with Phloxine B solution for 5 minutes
(Holbrook et al. 1983), eggs per egg mass, number of females by staining the roots with acid fuchsin-
lactophenol, number of J2/100 cm3of soil and number of J2/g of root were determined by processing the soil
with the help of Cobb’s sieving and decanting method along with Baermann’s funnel technique (Southey,
1986). The reproduction factor (Rf) was calculated by dividing the final population (pf) by initial
population (pi), root weight (g), root length (cm), shoot weight (g), shoot length (cm) and number of leaves.
Experiment was repeated to confirm the results and thus the data was subjected to analysis of variance and
the significant difference in treatment means were separated by using Duncan Multiple Range Test at ( P=
0.05) and Bartlett's test at ( P= 0.05).
3. Results
3.1 Influence of P. lilacinus and Radiant on Juvenile mortality and egg hatching of M. incognita
Mortality of juveniles of M. incognita was affected by concentrations and exposure time in all treatments
(Table 1). The J2s treated with Radiant and combine application of Radiant and P. lilacinus had significant
more mortality as compared to P. lilacinus alone at all time intervals. The combined application of Radiant
and P. lilacinus showed the maximum mortality at all concentrations after all time intervals. Egg hatching
of M. incognita was inversely proportional to the concentrations of Radiant and culture filtrates of P.
lilacinus. Radiant at 1% concentration had significant (P = 0.05) more effect on mortality (50.0) after 72 h
from its 0.5% (48.2) and 0.25% (40.2) concentrations. Paecilomyces lilacinus at 100% concentration
caused significant greater mortality (40.2) as compared to all other concentrations at all time intervals. At
75% concentrations P. lilacinus caused significantly high mortality (31.6) from its 50% concentration
(24.4) after 72 hours of exposure. The combined application of Radiant and P. lilacinus (1 + 100%) showed
significant results of J2 mortality (50.0) as compared to the alone application of Radiant and P. lilacinus at
all time intervals. At 0.75+75% concentration results (50.0) were not significantly different from 1+100%
concentration (50.0) after 72 h of exposure but different from its 0.5+50% (48.4) and 0.25+25% (40.2)
concentrations.
Egg hatching of M. incognita was significantly reduced with the duration of exposure (Table 2). Egg
hatching was significantly decreased in Radiant and in combined application of Radiant and P. lilacinus
than treated with P. lilacinus alone at all time intervals. The combined application of Radiant and P.
lilacinus exhibited the maximum reduction in egg hatching of M. incognita at all concentrations after all
time intervals. At 1% concentration, Radiant had significant reduction (14.6) in hatching over all other
concentrations at all time intervals. Hatching of M. incognita was significantly (P = 0.05) reduced in 0.75%
(23.8), 0.5 % (31.0) and 0.25% (39.6) concentrations of Radiant after 72 h of exposure as compared to
control (49.00). Paecilomyces lilacinus at 100% concentration caused significant reduction (17.80) in
hatching over all other concentrations at all time intervals. At 75% concentration P. lilacinus caused
significant reduction (26.2) in hatching from its 50% (31.8) and 25% (41.4) concentrations at all time
intervals. Radiant in combination with P. lilacinus showed more significant reduction in egg hatching than
in alone application at all concentrations after all time intervals. The combined application at of Radiant
and P. lilacinus at 1+100% concentration caused significantly more reduction (10.4) in egg hatching from
all other concentrations at all time intervals. Egg hatching was also significantly reduced at 0.75+75%
(20.8), 0.5+50% (29.4) and 0.25+25% (38.2) concentrations as compared to control (49.0) after 72 h of
exposure.
3.2 Interaction of P. lilacinus and Radiant on reproduction of M. incognita on egg plant individually,
concomitantly and sequentially in green house
The interaction of P. lilacinus and Radiant on plant growth parameters and on reproduction of M. incognita
on eggplant was studied individually, concomitantly and sequentially in greenhouse. The plant growth
parameters varied significantly, there was significant (P= 0.05) increase in root length, shoot weight, shoot
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length, number of leaves and decrease in root weight of eggplant was observed in concomitant treatment
consisting both bioagent and bioproduct (Table 3). An increase in growth parameters of eggplant treated
with P. lilacinus alone, followed by Radiant and sequential treatments of Radiant and P. lilacinus was
observed. The results revealed that root weight was maximum in the check plants treated with M. incognita
only due to the presence of galls on the roots. The reproduction of M. incognita was significantly reduced
in the concomitant treatment consisting of both P. lilacinus and Radiant followed by sequential and
individual treatment of Radiant (Table 4). Maximum reduction in number of galls (15.0), number of egg
masses (4.2) counted by staing the roots with phloxine, number of eggs per egg mass (75.4), number of
females (16.2), J2/100 cm3of soil (75.8), J2/g of root system (87.8) was observed in concomitant treatment.
There was significant reduction in the reproduction parameters of M. incognita in plants treated with
Radiant in individual treatment. Reproduction of M. incognita was also reduced in the sequential treatments
of Radiant and P. lilacinus followed by the individual treatment of P. lilacinus. Maximum reproduction of
M. incognita was observed on the roots of check plants. Reproduction factor was (0.6) in concomitant
treatment, (0.8, 0.8) in sequential treatments and (2.2, 0.8) respectively in individuals treatments of P.
lilacinus and Radiant as compared to check (13.4).
4. Discussion
Root- knot nematodes are the most prevalent and very important group of plant parasitic nematodes
occurring all over the world but found more the in areas with warm climate. Root knot nematodes reduce
the market value of infected plants by depriving their nutrients. Losses are profound at seedling stage and
results in devastation of the crop. Root knot nematodes are difficult to control because of their high
reproductive potential. Biological management of nematodes has become one of the most feasible
alternatives to the nematicides. Different practices are used in the integrated pest management but the
biological control would be the most enviable because most of the successful nematicides have been
restricted in agriculture due to health hazards involved (Veremis & Roberts 1996).
The present investigation revealed that Radiant and the culture filtrates P. lilacinus possessed the
nematicidal activity. Nematicidal effects of culture filtrates of various fungi on egg hatching and J2
mortality of root knot nematodes have been investigated by many workers (Cayrol et al. 1989; Hallmann &
Sikora 1996; Zaki & Maqbool 1991). In our study, the effectiveness of P. lilacinus and Radiant was
assessed on J2 mortality of M. incognita under in vitro conditions. The findings suggested that J2 mortality
of M. incognita was directly propotional to concentratins and duration of exposure. Our findings are in
conformity with the previous studies (Ahmad et al. 2010; Ayatollahy & Fatemy 2010; Goswami & Mittal
2002; Satyandra & Mathur 2010). Another in vitro experiment was conducted to assess the nematicidal
effects of P. lilacinus and Radiant on egg hatching of M. incognita. Egg parasitization of M. incognita
increased with the increase in concentration of Radiant and P. lilacinus and also with duration of exposure.
Maximum parasitization was assessed after 72 h. Antagonist fungi possessed larvicidal and ovipocidal
properties against root knot nematode. Most of the antagonistic fungi are egg parasitizing but a few culture
filtrates of these fungi produced the antibiotics, glioviren and gliotoxin, (Lumsden et al. 1992; Howell et al.
1993). The pathogenesity of P. lilacinus on the eggs of the Meloidogyne spp. was tested (Bonants et al.
1995). The enzyme in culture filtrates entirely bound with the nematode eggs. Immature eggs were more
susceptible to protease treatments, while the mature eggs have the resistance (Mukhtar et al. 2003; Siddique
& Haque 2000; Ashoub et al. 2009).
Our results confirmed that integration of P. lilacinus and Radiant reduced the population of M. incognita
and also improved the plant growth parameters. Filtrates of P. lilacinus strains related to their capability to
produce leucinostatins. It was also observed that root weight was directly propotional to the number of galls
which were maximum in the check plants. The growth parameters were improved by biological control
agent P. lilacinus whereas it also reduced M. javanica reproduction on simultaneous and sequential
inoculation of P. lilacinus with M. javanica (Ganaie & Khan 2010). The efficacy of Serratia 214
marcescens, three different T. harzianum isolates and carbofuran against M. incognita was 215 evaluated in
the glasshouse and the results showed that chemical nematicide could be replaced 216 to some extent by
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microbial antagonists viz. Serratia marcescens and T. harzianum isolates as 217 they are environmentally
safe (Mahfouz et al. 2010). The integration gave better results than the alone application that is also proved
from our results which are in conformity with (Anjos et al. 2010; Park et al. 2004; Rao et al. 1998; Sharma
& Pandey 2009). It was assessed from the present investigation that plant growth parameters were
enhanced significantly and also the reproduction of M. incognita was decreased due to the application
Radiant and P. lilacinus. Our results revealed that the bioagent; P. lilacinus and the bioproduct; Radiant
have the potential to regulate the population of root-knot nematode, M. incognita by reducing egg hatching
and killing the J2s and if applied in a nematode infested field before planting.
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